IN Fishing World’s March issue, Jim Harnwell’s editorial poses the controversial question of whether or not rec anglers should become aligned with commercial fishers in a bid to fight the forces that seem destined to ban fishing.
While this suggestion is sure to get many rec fishos’ backs up, it may not be as crazy a suggestion as it initially sounds. On the face of it, such a radical development could potentially mean fishos finally had a single united voice when approaching governments and bureacratic bodies on issues affecting fishing – something that has been sorely lacking for way too long.
In outlining the argument for joining with the pros Harnwell wrote in his editorial, “Only with a united voice can we beat or downplay the various anti-fishing groups who are attempting to instigate widespread bans on all types of fishing. Basically it’s a united we stand, divided we fall type argument”.
While you’ll have to grab yourself a copy of March Fisho to read all the arguments for and against siding with the commercial fishing sector, in the meantime we’re running a special online poll to gauge your response.
Should we side with the pros? Let us know your thoughts via the poll you’ll find below right or via the homepage – feel free to post your comments.
We’ll publish all results in a future edition of Fishing World magazine.
